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Could a Polio Vaccine End This Pandemic? | BONUS episode
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:06:00
Publish Date: 2020-07-08 16:00:00
Description:

The COVID-19 pandemic has scientists considering a few less-conventional options while vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are being developed. One option might be the oral polio vaccine. We chatted with one of the researchers proposing the idea—Dr. Robert Gallo—to understand why a vaccine that hasn’t been used in the US for two decades might provide short-term protection against this coronavirus.
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